Juge Gregg
Overview
Corporations contending with sustainability, climate change, and environmental challenges seek out Juge Gregg for effective strategic planning and legal counsel. He advises domestic and multinational clients across industries on their full range of ESG programs and compliance, including corporate climate and net-zero commitments, multinational reporting frameworks, carbon offsets, Greentech transactions, social responsibility, greenwashing, investigations, and litigation.
Career & Education
- Department of Justice: Environment and Natural Resources Division
Trial Attorney, Law and Policy Section, 2012-2019
- Department of Justice: Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Senior Corporate Counsel, Sustainability Legal, Amazon, 2019-2023
- Senior Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 2006-2012
- Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University, 2004-2019
- Senior Campaigner, Environmental Investigation Agency, 2004-2005
- Associate, Perkins Coie LLP, 2000-2003
- Stanford University, B.S., 1995
- Stanford Law School, J.D., With Distinction, 2000
- District of Columbia
- Washington State
- At Large Vice Chair; Environmental, Social, Governance, and Sustainability Committee, American Bar Association section of Environment, Energy and Resources (ABA SEER), 2023-2024
- Chair, Keynote Committee, American Bar Association section of Environment, Energy and Resources (ABA SEER), 2023-2024
- Board Member, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), 2023-2024
Juge 's Insights
Webinar | 05.21.24
Climate Change in 2024: Inflation Reduction Act and Other Key Developments
Coming off of the hottest year on record, policymaking and enforcement are becoming increasingly important in our country’s ongoing quest to balance environmental protection with consumer and industry interests. The infrastructure legislation and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are both seen as major steps forward for U.S. federal climate law and our efforts to reduce emissions. On the heels of those bills have been a series of pieces of guidance – related both to the implementation of those bills as well as agency guidance, including the SEC’s finalized climate disclosure rule.
Speaking Engagement | 04.10.24
Representative Matters
- Support development of a multinational company’s carbon offset strategy and transactions, included leading corporate efforts to negotiate contracting for the public-private Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition as well as a number of other cutting-edge transactions focused on high quality carbon neutralization.
- Led aspects of the Attorney General’s initiative to promote compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, including litigating in the U.S. Supreme Court, Alaska Supreme Court, and a federal district court and organizing interagency collaboration on the issue.
- Successful defense in district court and Ninth Circuit of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and Administrative Procedure Act claims challenging the construction of a replacement aircraft base in Okinawa for the U.S. Marine Corp based on potential adverse effects on an endangered marine mammal.
- Defense of takings cases in U.S. Court of Federal Claims, including successful settlement on the eve of a scheduled month-long trial regarding impacts of a forest fire.
- Represented a leading railroad defending against federal Clean Water Act claims relating to a significant chlorine release from a derailment.
- Represented a chemical manufacturing company in connection with federal class action and litigation by individuals in federal and state court arising out of alleged contamination from a manufacturing facility. Suits seek medical monitoring, injunctive relief, punitive damages, unjust enrichment and compensation for alleged personal injury and alleged lost property value.
- Represented a chemical manufacturing company in responding to grand jury subpoena and potential criminal allegations relating to alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
- Represented a company defending against government claims for the costs incurred in remediating a former wood treatment facility.
- Represented wastewater and stormwater public utility in Total Maximum Daily Load process and in the design and negotiation of a novel watershed based Clean Water Act permit.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in all areas of environmental law, serving the role of in-house environmental counsel. Major areas of work include Superfund issues, EU chemicals regulation (REACH), incident response, and compliance and enforcement support.
Juge 's Insights
Webinar | 05.21.24
Climate Change in 2024: Inflation Reduction Act and Other Key Developments
Coming off of the hottest year on record, policymaking and enforcement are becoming increasingly important in our country’s ongoing quest to balance environmental protection with consumer and industry interests. The infrastructure legislation and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are both seen as major steps forward for U.S. federal climate law and our efforts to reduce emissions. On the heels of those bills have been a series of pieces of guidance – related both to the implementation of those bills as well as agency guidance, including the SEC’s finalized climate disclosure rule.
Speaking Engagement | 04.10.24
Recognition
- Amazon Legal: Think Big Leadership Principle Award, 2021
- United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division: AAG’s ENRD Fellow, 2016
- United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division: Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Excellence, 2015
Juge 's Insights
Webinar | 05.21.24
Climate Change in 2024: Inflation Reduction Act and Other Key Developments
Coming off of the hottest year on record, policymaking and enforcement are becoming increasingly important in our country’s ongoing quest to balance environmental protection with consumer and industry interests. The infrastructure legislation and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are both seen as major steps forward for U.S. federal climate law and our efforts to reduce emissions. On the heels of those bills have been a series of pieces of guidance – related both to the implementation of those bills as well as agency guidance, including the SEC’s finalized climate disclosure rule.
Speaking Engagement | 04.10.24
Practices
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Climate Change, Environmental Markets and ESG
- Contaminated Lands and Hazardous Waste
- Endangered Species and Wildlife Protection
- Energy
- Environment and Natural Resources Litigation
- Environmental and Safety Compliance and Investigations
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental, Social, and Governance
- Federal Lands and NEPA
Juge 's Insights
Webinar | 05.21.24
Climate Change in 2024: Inflation Reduction Act and Other Key Developments
Coming off of the hottest year on record, policymaking and enforcement are becoming increasingly important in our country’s ongoing quest to balance environmental protection with consumer and industry interests. The infrastructure legislation and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are both seen as major steps forward for U.S. federal climate law and our efforts to reduce emissions. On the heels of those bills have been a series of pieces of guidance – related both to the implementation of those bills as well as agency guidance, including the SEC’s finalized climate disclosure rule.
Speaking Engagement | 04.10.24